Nepal observed a national day of mourning on Monday for more than 1,300 people killed in catastrophic Himalayan flooding, as rescue teams continued searching for thousands still missing nearly two weeks after the disaster.
Government offices and Nepali missions abroad flew the national flag at half-mast on the 13th day since the floods, coinciding with the final day of the traditional Hindu mourning period.
Candlelight vigils were also planned, while official commemorations remained limited because search and rescue operations were continuing.
The August 26 disaster was triggered by a glacial collapse that sent ice, rock and mud into a river near Nepal's border with China's Tibet region, unleashing flooding through the Himalayan valley.
Reported fatalities exceed 1,300, while more than 5,000 people remain missing in Nepal.
Chinese media have reported 31 deaths and 531 people unaccounted for on the Tibetan side, while rescue workers in China recovered 12 bodies on Sunday.
Nepal's President Ram Chandra Paudel toured flood-hit areas on Monday to survey the destruction.
Rescuers are searching on the ground, from the air and inside tunnels, with particular attention focused on hydropower projects where hundreds of workers remain missing.
Specialised teams from India, China, South Korea and the United States have joined operations examining debris, damaged structures and tunnels.
Four people have been rescued in recent days, including workers found in hydropower tunnels, a Chinese national and a Nepali woman recovered from her buried home.
Authorities have focused rescue efforts on 12 hydropower projects, where about 900 workers are missing and roughly 500 are believed to be trapped in tunnels.
In Kathmandu, relatives of missing hydropower workers gathered near government offices to demand faster searches.
Some families said they had seen insufficient rescue activity at affected project sites and called for heavier equipment to be brought into inaccessible areas.
Despite the mourning period ending, search operations are continuing as authorities and international rescue teams attempt to locate survivors.